LOWER

Converts all uppercase letters in a text string to lowercase.

Syntax

LOWER(text)

Text is the text you want to convert to lowercase. LOWER does not change characters in text that are not letters.

Example

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Selecting an example from Help
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A
Data
E. E. Cummings
Apt. 2B
Formula	Description (Result)
=LOWER(A2)	Lower case of first string (e. e. cummings)
=LOWER(A3)	Lower case of last string (apt. 2b)